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Another year, another SketchUp! While SketchUp 2019 isn’t necessarily packed full of features, the ones we get do pack a punch. This release unlocks more capabilities for “The SketchUp Workflow for Architecture” and our ConDoc Tools extension. Below are some new features, leading of with...

THE BAR HAS BEEN RAISED With the latest Lumion 8 release, the quality features we've come to expect have surpassed their predecessors. It's now even easier to create realistic renderings at the push of a button and with minimal technical skill required. Lumion's strive to...

In our June Office Hours session, we ran through a demo on how to create custom wavy curtains in SketchUp and Lumion. While it's super easy to search for detail objects like curtains in the 3D Warehouse and FormFonts, we often don't realize how easy...

Whenever I talk about Lumion, I often focus on exteriors because of Lumion’s easily accessible environment resources, including oceans, landforms, foliage, and weather. The truth is, Lumion is excellent for creating interiors as well and to do this, it requires a different approach for lighting...

THE MOVE TOOL The Move Tool is the number one destroyer of models. Its quick ability to alter, bend, and break geometry is unparalleled. With this power, the Move Tool offers up much more than transferring entities from here to there. This tool doubles as...

Overview SketchUp is a powerful design tool that empowers us to create on the fly in a way that feels similar to drawing on a notepad or sketchbook. Despite what its name implies, SketchUp provides both technical accuracy and design freedom, which is what truly...

GAME CHANGER Lumion 7 has arrived and it is spectacular! Render times are even snappier than before and the improvement in output quality is apparent with every image you create. Lumion 7 is another quality release, rather than a “feature release”; it already does everything...

Hey Students! Lumion is hosting another design competition this summer! All you need to do is re-imagine an iconic building, create an animation in the new free student version, and upload your original design by September 5, 2016. You could win $5000, your own Lumion Pro...

Efficient Visualizations Visualizations can be used to convey design to a client, raise money from investors, and help designers make informed decisions. They can be polished for weeks or pushed out in hours. Some visualizations are photorealistic, while others are sketchy and conceptual. Regardless of...

Over the past few weeks I had an exciting opportunity to test drive Lumion 6. In short, this release is best described as a “quality release”. You will not see a mass of new tools and buttons, but you will notice that everything you already loved about Lumion is…